The End of the World Train and its landscape
The End of the World Train is the landscape railway outside Ushuaia, with a route through the Pipo Valley towards Tierra del Fuego National Park. It is a distinct choice from a city sightseeing ride. Forests, peatlands and the Macarena waterfall stop give the journey its setting. Choose it if travelling through that landscape and understanding the former prison railway matter more to you than collecting city viewpoints.
The starting station is approximately eight kilometres outside the city in the direction of the national park. Reaching it is part of your day, rather than an urban walk to the harbour. The assigned excursions include rail tickets, but combine them with different activities and transfer arrangements. Use the national park guide alongside this page if you want substantial time at park viewpoints or on paths after the railway.
Our picks: train excursions
Each trip includes a train ticket. Choose the park and boat combination for a longer day; wind and weather can cancel navigation.
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Park, train and boat excursion
- End of the World Train ticket
- Navigation and guidance
- Air-conditioned vehicle
Combine the railway and navigation in one excursion.
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Park, train and channel trip
- Train ride ticket
- Guided tour at the National Park
- Port entry fee
The national park entrance is extra. After navigation the trip ends in the city centre or at the port, with no hotel return.
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Train and national park excursion
- End of the World Train ticket
- We look for you from the hotel
- Guided
A guided excursion with a train ticket and hotel pickup.
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All assigned excursions include the train ticket; choose a park-focused visit or a longer day that also includes navigation.
A tourist journey with a prison railway history
The earlier prison railway carried wood and stone from Monte Susana to the prison. Today’s visitor journey interprets that history rather than repeating its original working purpose. The surrounding landscape is therefore more than a backdrop: it helps explain the transport story told on the ride. The broader history of Ushuaia also includes the Yámana presence before European settlement and the later development of the city and port.
On the present route the train passes through the Pipo Valley, woodland and peatland towards the park station. Macarena is a stop for the waterfall. Treat these as the railway experience itself, then decide separately how you will visit other park destinations. Bahía Lapataia belongs in the wider park plan; it should not be treated as the train’s promised terminus. That distinction matters when coordinating a rail ride with a vehicle excursion.
Choose a park-focused trip or add navigation
The six-hour guided park and train excursion includes the End of the World Train ticket and hotel pickup. It suits a day built around the railway and park rather than a combined land-and-water schedule. Its listed duration covers the excursion, not just time aboard the train. A hotel collection can simplify the start, but you still need to distinguish that service from park admission when comparing the total booking.
The park, train and channel combination lasting eight and a half to twelve hours includes hotel pickup, a rail ticket, a guided park visit and the port entry fee. Park entry and food and drinks are extra. It finishes in the city centre, and return to the hotel after navigation is excluded. Choose it for the combined programme and plan your own onward journey from the centre rather than expecting a hotel return.
The ten-hour park, train and navigation excursion also includes a railway ticket, hotel or accommodation pickup, navigation and guidance, an air-conditioned vehicle and a toilet aboard the boat. These details distinguish its included service. Compare such combinations with the channel cruise options if the boat trip is a main priority rather than an addition to the railway.
Rail tickets, park admission and departure planning
A train ticket and national park admission pay for different services. All the assigned rail excursions include the railway ticket; that alone should not be read as included park entry. Bring the documents relevant to your APN admission category and keep the park charge visible in your budget. The national park page explains the dated categories without combining them into an assumed all-inclusive railway price.
Choose the departure offered for your travel date and work backwards to the station transfer or hotel pickup. Visitor information describes a return rail journey of around one hour and fifty minutes, but this is an approximate tourism description rather than a guaranteed operating timetable. The longer durations of guided excursions allow for activities beyond the ride. Avoid placing another fixed booking immediately after an estimated train return.
Weather, clothing and the rest of your stay
Warm, waterproof layers are useful for the outdoor parts of the railway and park outing. Patagonian wind and rapid weather changes can alter plans; walks and navigation may be changed or cancelled. A combined day therefore needs flexibility, especially when the channel segment is a major reason for booking. Leave a weather buffer where your stay allows rather than saving the water-based activity for the final available departure.
If you want a shorter urban outing instead, the things to do in Ushuaia guide describes the separate panoramic city train. Decide between the two experiences by route and subject: town sightseeing on one side, the Pipo Valley and prison railway story on the other. This also makes it easier to reserve a different day for the lakes or hiking without mistaking several unrelated train activities for one interchangeable ticket.
Frequently asked questions
Does every assigned excursion include the rail ticket?
Yes. The park-and-train excursion and both park, train and navigation combinations include an End of the World Train ticket.
Does the train ticket include park admission?
Rail travel and APN admission are separate services. The eight-and-a-half-to-twelve-hour combination explicitly excludes park entry.
Is this the Ushuaia city train?
The End of the World Train starts outside Ushuaia and follows the Pipo Valley. The panoramic city train is a separate urban sightseeing ride.